Backup Manager Interface

The interface of the Backup Manager consists of four main pages:

If using a backup profile, several of the preference tabs and configuration settings will become locked and cannot be edited. These pages are identified by a banner at the top of the page and the individual settings will be locked with a padlock icon.

The graphical user interface (or GUI) also provides details of the device you are currently viewing which can be found by clicking Backup Manager on the menu bar.

On this popup you will see the device name as it was given during the install, the physical machine name as determined on the computer itself, the version of Backup Manager installed on the device and the name of the product the device is using (if one is assigned to it).

The Overview page details the last 28 days worth of backup sessions for the configured data sources.

Here, you can select a day to view the status of the backup and restore sessions carried out on that day.

On this popup, you will see details of each job carried. If this session encountered errors as above, you can click the number of errors, which will provide further details of the error encountered:

If you require assistance with any errors, you can find our success center here where you can find articles on how to fix issues yourself, or you can click Contact Support in the top right corner of the success center to log a ticket with our support team for further help.

The Backup page allows you to configure your backup selections. This is where you add data source selections to determine what information we will store during the backup.

Any information you wish to back up must be selected in here. If it is not, it will not be included in the backup.

Please note: adding a selection in here does not enable a backup schedule, this must be done either using a backup profile or in the Preferences page.

For full details on enabling backups, see Enabling backups in Backup Manager page.

The Restore page allows you to see the data sources, days and sessions available for recovery.

For detailed steps using the Backup Manager to restore data to the same device, see the Recovering data in Backup Managerpage.

The Preferences page contains several further tabs which may be useful in configuring the backup device, but may not be necessary during an emergency.

General

In here you can:

  • Set the language the page should be displayed in (this can be set using a profile)
  • Set an email address to send emails to regarding the success of backup jobs (this can be set to send daily, every Wednesday and Saturday, every Saturday or never)
  • Set an email address to send emails to regarding the success of restore jobs (this can be set to send daily, every Wednesday and Saturday, every Saturday or never)
  • Allow or disallow remote connections to the device's Backup Manager GUI.

In an emergency situation, it is unlikely that you will need to set any configuration in this tab.

Schedule

If you are not using a backup profile, the Schedule tab will look as below and will allow you to set multiple timings for backing up data sources whenever and however frequently you need.

You can create separate schedules per data source if this is most convenient for you. However, during an emergency, it is unlikely that this would be necessary.

If you have a profile configured and assigned, the Schedule tab will look as below, and will show you the configuration previously configured on the Management Console.

Scripts

If you have a profile assigned to the device, this tab will not be displayed.

For full details on configuring Scripts, see the Scripts page on the full documentation for details.

In an emergency situation, it is unlikely that you will need to set any configuration in this tab.

Proxy

In an emergency situation, it is unlikely that you will need to set any configuration in this tab.

However, if you would like to configure the use of a proxy, you can do so in here by ticking 'Use proxy' and supplying the details for this and saving.

Performance

The Performance tab allows you to enable bandwidth limitations for the device.

Further information on bandwidth limiting can be found here.

In an emergency situation, it is unlikely that you will need to set any configuration in this tab.

LocalSpeedVault

If you are using a backup profile, this can be set outwith this page, however can be set in here instead if it is missed during the profile configuration.

A LocalSpeedVault is an additional storage directory for the backup data which is automatically synchronized with the cloud where your backup data is stored. Having an LSV configured speeds up backup and restore sessions, but is not mandatory.

If you would like information on configuring a LocalSpeedVault, please seethe full documentation here.

In an emergency situation, it is unlikely that you will need to set any configuration in this tab.

Archiving

Using the Archiving tab, you can set the system to store the backup session immediately following the archiving time to be stored indefinitely. If no archive is configured, data will be cleared when the retention period is reached.

The default retention period from the date that the backup was completed is 28 days and 3 file versions.

You may choose to archive sessions by dates in the month - for example the first day of the month and the 15th day of the month - as above, or you can choose by days of the week - such as every Sunday - as below.

For further details on archiving backup sessions, see the Archiving backup sessions in Backup Manager page from the full documentation.

In an emergency situation, it is unlikely that you will need to set any configuration in this tab.

Backup Filters

Backup filters are used to exclude certain file types or file directories from being backups.

This can also be set in a backup profile, but as the page does not become locked, you can amend this as needed.

You can find full details on backup filters here.

In an emergency situation, it is unlikely that you will need to set any configuration in this tab.

Advanced

In the advanced tab, there is functionality to change the temporary file directory, add a second user for backup access and the file size display format.

If a temporary file directory has been provided in the backup profile, this section will be locked.

To see full details on configuring the settings on this tab, see the Advanced page in the full documentation.

In an emergency situation, it is unlikely that you will need to set any configuration in this tab.

Seeding

Please see the Seed backup in Backup Manager page for details on enabling and configuring seeding mode.

This page cannot be configured outside of the GUI and is not included in any profile settings.